Kayak camping, tides & launches: Oslofjord & Skagerrak Coast

Oslofjord & Skagerrak Coast: Coastal paddling with 277 campsites, 338 boat launches and 50 tide stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (231 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Oslofjord on the mapTides at Valle
277campsites
338boat launches
50tide stations
231 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 5 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (36)

Permit, protocol or private (1)

Free or backcountry (9)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (186)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Boat launches

Plus 269 unnamed launches on the map.

Camping and tides in Norway

Tides from Kartverket for every harbour village, wind from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Allemannsretten, the right to roam, lets you camp one night in uncultivated land at least 150 m from the nearest house or cabin; longer stays need the landowner’s permission. Fires near forest are banned from 15 April to 15 September. All Norway regions.

Download for GPS and other map apps

277 campsites and 337 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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